Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:19:49 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5 |
| |
On 30/08/06, Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 01:30 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > On 29/08/06, Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:35:00PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > On 28/08/06, Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 12:10 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > > > Not really a regression, more like a long standing bug, but XFS has > > > > > > issues in 2.6.18-rc* (and earlier kernels, at least post 2.6.11). > > > > > and you are saying this issue exists in all post .11 kernels? > > > > > > I would be surprised if this is not a day one bug, it probably > > > even affects the IRIX version of XFS. Our problem is the lack > > > of a test case to find it - my efforts have come to naught so > > > far. I'm having to cross my fingers that Jesper can extract a > > > bit more information when he's next able to hit it. > > > > > I'm trying my best, but it's difficult. Often I can only run the -rc > > kernel for a few hours on the box that currently shows the problem, > > and that's not enough to hit the fault. > > I've configured a XFS partition on my home workstation and I'm keeping > > that one busy doing various rsync's and running benchmarks etc - > > putting as much different stress on the XFS filesystem as I can. I'm > > also setting up a test box at work to try and duplicate the problem on > > a non-production server. I won't be able to duplicate the setup > > exactly, but it'll be close. > > i have nyself tested xfs in -rc5 now, doing rsync over and over, and > been unable to hit any problem, it indeed seems very hard to reproduce. > Just in case I have not mentioned it before; the box I'm seeing the problem on is a dual 3.2GHz Xeon and the kernel is compiled for SMP. might be relevant, might not be...
-- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |